'Arco', which Portman also produced, premieres everywhere Jan. 30

was a huge year for animation, with multiple major successes from theatrical releases and streaming, but which was the best release?

Perfect Blue, Sausage Party, and Waltz With Bashir are all among the best R-rated movie masterpieces of the 21st century so far.

Oscar nominations revealed a risk-averse animated feature lineup, an unpredictable shorts race, and animation again ignored outside its own categories.

Despite being ignored completely by the Academy Awards, these five animated films are prominent displays of the limitless possibilities inherent in this medium.

The medium of feature-length animation has given grace to numerous masterpieces, from iconic classics like Fantasia to recent hits like Robot Dreams.

LOS ANGELES, California — Roger Allers, the American animator, director and storyteller best known for co-directing Disney’s “The Lion King,” has died at 76, Entertainment Weekly reported. Allers, born in Rye,